Strategies

13. Provide ample opportunities for students to use learning strategies (e.g.: problem-solving, predicting, organizing, summarizing, categorizing, evaluating, self-monitoring, questioning, visualizing, diagramming).
14. Use scaffolding techniques consistently (providing the right amount of support move students from one level of understanding to a higher level) throughout the lesson.
15. Use a variety of question types including those that promote higher-order thinking skills throughout the lesson (e.g.: literal, analytical, and interpretive questions).

Interaction

16. Provide frequent opportunities for interactions and discussion between teacher/student and among students, and encourage elaborated responses, repair, comprehension checks, confirmation checks, clarification requests, the negotiation of meaning, and corrective recasts.
17. Use group configuration that support language and content objectives of the lessons.
18. Provide sufficient wait time for student responses consistently.
19. Give ample opportunities for students to clarify key concepts in L1 as needed with an aide, peer, or L1 text.

Practice/Application

20. Provide hands-on materials and/or manipulatives for students to practice using new content knowledge.
21. Provide activities for students to apply content and language knowledge in the classroom.
22. Provide activities that integrate all language skills (e.g.: reading, writing, listening, and speaking).

Lesson Delivery

23. Support content objectives clearly.
24. Support language objectives clearly.
25. Engage students approximately 90-100% of the period (most students taking part and on task throughout lesson).
26. Pace the lesson appropriately to the students’ ability level.